We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and the victory is worth the trouble — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
“I always feel the greatest bliss when I recollect those I have caught in my snares, for they generally are insolent, and… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Praise the beautiful for their intelligence and the intelligent for their beauty. — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read. — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
“faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.” — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
“Oh, cruel ennui! It must be by mistake that those who have invented the torments of hell have forgotten to ascribe thee the first… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education,… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
The spirit of rebellion is present in every great city, and the great task of wise government is to keep it dormant, for if… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image